SmartEducation

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Friday, 1 April 2016

Imparting education, the noblest of deeds, has galvanized
into the unforgiving Education Industry with the coming of the modern era. Over
the last couple of decades the rise in population coupled with the subsequent
rise in competition has made quality education a more complicated proposition
for aspiring students and parents to find.

Today, the money hungry Education Industry fueled by devious
advertisements layered with coats of gloss and glam, threatens the integrity of
the noble trade. Parents are finding it further more difficult to find for
their kids a school which they genuinely believe in.

Malpractices and misleading promotional campaigns have taken
root in the schooling system of our country and what meets the eye of the
aspiring parents and students is far from being a transparent and clear
picture.

Corruption has only worsened the situation. Money is
extorted in the name of donations and hefty fee structures bog down ambitious
parents that aspire to provide for their children a good and proper education
and a great professional career.

Schools show themselves for something they are not and what
meets the eye, is poles apart from the real situation inside the day-to-day of
the school in both its admission process and regular functioning. This is the
transparency that our country needs.

Barring a few educational bodies, very few can make a claim
at transparency today. And searching for the right school for your kid can be a
very difficult task. Confusion is a common symptom among aspiring parents, at
the time of admissions.

Word of mouth and advertisements are generally the sole
parameters that help make the prospective parents a decision as to which
schools and where do they want to apply for admissions for their child in their
budget bracket. This can be a severely cumbersome and painful task with the
possibility of missing out on important aspects and details.

This also hampers the chances of one finding the optimum
school that fits not just their wallets and locational preferences. It also significantly
reduces the chances of stumbling upon schools that are not big names but have
implemented some modern new age ideas to the field of education and can
potentially turn out to be the perfect choice for your kid to develop and stand
apart in the crowd.

The governance also finds it’s difficult to completely
understand and analyze and thus attempt to improve the system as lots of issues
never really meet their eyes.

To sum it up, the education scene is being run on an
inefficient and an obsolete error prone search mechanism which is not only
hampering the chances of potential candidates but is also downgrading the
overall quality of the education imparted.

A smarter solution is the need of the hour, a solution that
could help provide a conducive environment for all parties involved to interact
and analyze and hence improve.

SOLUTION

Edways, A platform, a solution that can change the whole
dynamism of how we search, analyze and in fact, view the whole education
system. Edways is a platform to discuss schools, discuss education, discuss the
realities and facts, and to share it with the world.

The platform finds its inspiration in the girth of a
platform to discuss education. Social platforms discuss myriad topics and
education predominantly gets left behind. Here is a dedicated platform where we
can profile, analyze, locate, compare, review and search for the best
educational institutes across the topography of the nation.

Word of mouth is one of the biggest factors in the school
analysis and pin pointing process among parents, but on its own it is an
insufficient and incomprehensive in more ways than one. Edways provides a
platform not just to get word of mouth responses from not only a select few but
a larger, wider range of people who can share their personal experiences with
any given educational institute.

Thus we not only strengthen and broaden the word of mouth
strategy, but also provide other parameters that can comprehensively give a
clearer picture of the school to a prospective parent, thus helping them decide
better.

Location based searches can help you literally find the best
schools NEAR YOU. The web platform also guarantees openness and variety of
opinions as everyone including staff, parents already in relation with the
school, alumni, current batch of students, luminaries from the educational
scene, can all contribute to a school’s profile thus making it more exhaustive
and complete.

It also helps analyze demographical horizons for quality and
condition of the education scenario. This can not only help parents take more
informed decisions but also help the authorities in charge to work towards the
betterment of the situation and also to prospective bodies planning to venture
into educational domains to explore new horizons and come forth as more of a
solution to a situation than merely another option.

Edways has the potential to change the way we search for
schools, and how we decide on them as well. Misleading advertisements don’t
need to be the misguiding lights anymore. We can have our own guiding light. A
place where students, alumni, staff, parents can all collaborate and discuss.

It gives a platform to not just search for options but also
to interact with parents with experience who can be of immense help to a
younger set of parents going out for a one to one with schools for the first
time. Thus alumni and more experienced parents can share their experiences and
help show a school for what it really is, in all its glory and shame alike!

STAKEHOLDER

Parents:

Parents are in all fairness the greatest benefactors from
the platform. Parents can make more informed choices about their children’s
future. A proper schooling is of utmost importance for any child as their
future is shaped in these formative years. Every parent aspires to provide the
very best for their kids, and edways helps them achieve that and base this extremely
important decision on more than just fleeting vague judgments and more on glitz
less on substance advertisements.

Parents can finally have a platform to look to when they
intend to look to or raise their voice about or against the education scene and
with others in similar boats can come in contact and help each other out, thus
making the sometimes unfairly pitted parents vs schools situations more
manageable for parents.

Parents can also get a taste of the situation inside the
school and its regular functioning from other parents and students and not just
a well cut out picture of the school in the form of advertisements, thus they
can look for not just the schools with heavy names and limited substance.

Alumni:

The alumni have a very interesting stand point in the whole
education system. Juniors and prospective parents look upto them for guidance
and opinion as they have had a first hand experience with the institution thus
making them the best informed judges.

Their opinion can be of immense help to not just the parents
but also for schools as they can improve on themselves and learn the opinion of
their pass outs about their model of education.

The alumni know their schools for its best and its worst and
their unbiased opinion can be of utmost importance to both parents and their
schools alike. Alumni associations are set up so that they can contribute to
the betterment of their schools and what better way to improve than to truly
express and interact with their schools more openly.

Students:

Students are more pro-active nowadays. They interact more
and are more involved in their educational decisions and ideas from a very
young age. They learn to evaluate and compare and they have every right to do
so.

Edways provides for them a place to openly share their
experiences and also analyze other options if they were to ever need crossovers
in their schooling journey.

Students are the ones over whom all this is happening, it is
only fair they be a more active and involved part of it, after all it’s their
future we that we all want to see brighter, and so do they.

Schools

Edways is predominantly about schools in its natural form.
Schools are what we are all making so much noise about. Schools with an open mind
and schools that are ready to grow and develop with changing times have the
most to gain.

Opinions and reviews always help develop better products
same goes for an educational structure. With the passage of time, the
requisites of a good schooling experience have changed with time and now
include more spheres than just good discipline and strong book knowledge.

Thus, Edways gives a chance to schools to learn and grow and
develop further by picking on some ingenious and innovative idea and by
responding to some insightful reviews and suggestions.

School Associations

There are limitations when it comes to what a school can
change in terms of educational structures in the region. They are always a
small part of the whole, and this is why School Associations come into the
picture. They can bring large scale revamps to an obsolete education system.

A School Association can analyze on our platform the needs
of the students and those of the parents, and work on better solutions. They
can forward their genuine complains and requests to the educational boards and
use the platform as substantial backing for the revamp.

The whole is always stronger than it’s parts and now that we
intend to review and improve its parts its only logical that the whole, remains
very much involved.

Government

In all their post-election agendas, candidate parties always
mention better education facilities. But how do you solve an issue you don’t
completely understand? A platform that gives you and insight into the wishes
and needs of everyone involved all in one place sounds like a solution.

The government’s interaction with schools and educational
bodies remains limited on a regular basis and the situation severely worsens
when we talk of parent and student government interactions. So how can we
expect the government to even know what we need?

Edways can give you a platform to reach out. A platform
where it’s not just a one off letter from a distraught parent or a hopeful
student, but a stronger more diverse voice discussing its problems and its
solutions and voicing it to you.

Friday, 25 March 2016

Ajeevi
for smart city solutions provides the technology solution in education sector.
Ajeevi technologies, vision of a young entrepreneur was founded in 2012. Ajeevi
pursues a mission of social & environmental reform, which will not only
ease life of a common man but also save natural resources consumed in everyday
activities. Several researches conducted on subject have offered different ways
to make planet greener and save natural resources for future generations. This
mission will make the cities smarter, while easing the life of the citizens.

A
number of solutions in education sector with use of technology have been
applied to great results like smartboard, videoconferencing from Skype, teleconferencing
and apps. These technologies have proved distance learning as a possibility for
schools, students and which allows better collaborations from institutions from
around the world. The learning from textbooks and books can be additionally
helped with apps and wifi where the student success and behaviors can easily be
tracked. The apps could be updated to let teachers share class and student
profiles with each other so that educators can communicate effectively. Smart
education has made learning and communications between students and educators
in effect with the methodology as well as saved time and effort, with much
better efficiency than before.

Friday, 11 March 2016

The
education in metros
of India has been in a state of innovative changes for many years. The expectations from the
system of education
and learning methodology have to come up to modern levels. Chennai has been the
best city in
education system with best quality of classrooms and expenditure on education. Another
emergent city for education is Madurai.

The
learning and teaching methods could use better equipped technologies which is a
point to agreement while it is not so clear when the education system reforms are broken into
the sub parts. For one language learning could happen from new schools, and
that schools running time should be at least 8 hours. Some believe that metro citieseducation system timing
for institutions must be from 7 am to 7 pm. This way the need for homework and tuition would be done away with. Bio metric attendance system with CCTV camera can bring
more accountability to job of educationist. Sanskrit could be made necessary in
educational schools
and colleges. In co education
system there could be problems with 12 hour school, so there is scope for
improvement here. The training and learning methodologies could be improved from
teachers as they prepare themselves to this sector. Entrance exams could be
made compulsory for inducting of teachers as well as for appointments.

The
college and school degree system needs better technologies like smart boards and
real time developments in learning with teachers. So the onus of the progress
of educational
standards for best quality as smart education would look treble from better job opportunities
and salaries. This is a progressive way to handle the new entrance to the often
overlooked educational
system. The sector has difficult operational aspects to clarify which cannot
but suggest attracting well paying teaching institutes. Under the lens of
quality and overdoing quantity of institutes the educational system lags behind the preparedness
for forthcoming job skills and employer-employee relations. Sometimes the individual
forgets the subjective costs of planned education system provision for students. More than
ever the brain drain and subsequent losses at global level of young talent also
need to be factored from the emerging chaos behind the capable eyes of the CAG.
Over the past few decades the government started on smart education the initiatives are
laudable but mostly on paper, the concrete results from landscape of education hierarchy cries
for better system, guidance, prolonged support and proper counseling centers.

Thursday, 10 March 2016

Research into innovative methods of education also called smart education is
gaining pace in world's most competitive cities. The aim is to align curriculum, research
and city for tech
system and services. Progressive higher education links to internet and web based media.
In the future people would like to call smart city with technology as critical enabler for
solving rising urbanization issues and improve along with the set of
priorities. Smart cities
which are growing like in Barcelona, Chicago, Amsterdam, Stockholm as well as
many in India. The Indian government plans to develop 100 smart cities by 2022,
with an economic value of the Digital India initiative estimated to be $600
billion over the next 10 years.

Value in smart education is built on modernizing education for keeping
with the fast changing conditions of global market. Focus is now more on non
traditional approach, method and technological solutions for smart city development.
Solutions of smart
education encourage training and competency in informal learning from
information and knowledge sharing. Also
use of multiple choice questions and inculcating learning models like
stakeholder to integrated
network of students becomes a co creation of educational value for cities. Or put more
emphatically a network of universities would create more economic stability by
reducing social and political risks.

Combinations
of project learning and on job training for digital skills, and media can be a
great new addition to value in smart education. Research has been guiding innovation in mobile
technology for sustaining education
and skills for developing countries in operations and management. A smart city concept from
university downwards to students is like a linkage to community development,
reducing complexity of the city
ecosystem and urban development with critical view of smart city. Advancing the smart education landscape
with better employment conditions for tomorrow's generation is a smart
workforce for improving learning, work and life performance together and not in
seclusion. This is true value from smart education in the next century. Internet of Things, rich
media and big data with smart
education includes value of two types – public and economic value.
Public value from following technologies and methods which induce or enhance
social value added by realizing policy goals, while economic value is from
decrease in unemployment, survival of startups, low bankruptcies and increased
competitive advantage. These contextual dimensions allow for better understanding
and application of smart
city concept in education
with proper analysis of smart
ecosystems.

Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Smart education uses latest
technology for providing best and innovative based learning methodologies. This
is must for the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and
improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological
processes and resources. Learning in school and colleges has become more innovative and integrated with smart education.

The
education sector is
involved with unconventional teaching methods. Model of education has now shifted to digital
technology. Schools
and colleges
provide their learning which includes devices and making learning engaging and
interactive. This also enhances efficiency of modern information systems and
builds proficient learning platforms. The smart education and learning market grows from
almost $105.23 Billion in 2015 to $446.85 Billion in 2020, at a Compound Annual
Growth Rate (CAGR) of 24.4%. In terms of regions, North America is expected to
be the largest market in terms of market size, while Europe is expected to
experience an increase in market traction, during the forecast period.

Assistive
and learning systems cause teachers to deliver enhanced education in the classrooms. The constant
progression of technology from education at schools
and colleges offers
educators to construct classrooms, electronic roll calls, and real time online
services etc. which are interactive and collaborative permeating exclusively
through web services. In these devices Smart Board is an interactive whiteboard
with touch detection for user in the same way as normal PC input devices. The online
learning is a method of delivering educational information via the internet instead of in a
physical classroom. There are many different applications for online learning,
ranging in scope from simple downloadable content (like iTunes U) through to
structured programs that include assessment and award. Also included with smart education is new
concept of Instructional Technology (IT) which is concerned with improving the
efficiency of instructions involving designed instruction (including activity
from needs assessment to evaluation) to applying learning theory in instructional
based designs. On the basis of smart education initiatives the integration of all the devices and learning
systems cannot become overall effective in a day and verification of such services
needs time, effort and finances. With the help of government and private
players entering education
sector there is a lot of commerce and correspondence in this regard which would
be influential and exhilarating. Innovation in smart
education would definitely relay and rely on educational openness or
liberal based learning advances by teachers and educational institutions.

Monday, 7 March 2016

Ajeevi offers school, college cloud based ERP solution.
The solution automates the entire school, college process and provides flexibility to parents,
school staff to access the school
on mobile. This is only the beginning for smarteducation. The smarteducation
initiative provides a dedicated space for faculty and students for educational
technologies. This encourages better exploration of integrated opportunities in learning at schools and colleges.

This
technology for schools and
collegegraduates
has expanded rapidly and strategically such that there is a change to enabling smart education in cities and towns all over
the world. Some of these technologies are spreading fast like smart projectors – an ultra
short throw wall mounted projector with smart technology. Educators can provide digital
content which uses smart
pens for digital presentations. With a large display and versatile benefit the
enclosure replaces a bulky cabinet with lighting coordination and is half the
cost of smart board.

Using
sound enhancement with integrated audio and video systems the sound reaches to
all in classroom. A wireless integrated system offers educators best
flexibility to use learning space, organize and ability to move around. There
could be separate sound amplifications and video systems consisting of
amplifier, speakers and mics with video outlets using traditional cables and
signal extenders. Advantage of simplifying connection between projection and
audio system also replaces old A/V cabinet with a much more compact and
flexible integrated
enclosure.

The wireless network access is a
great new tool for educators in interactive learning. Providing wife
connectivity opens up many opportunities for learning and based on this display
of content the student can annotate with teacher, work on presentations etc. If
budget allows, there is also best way to include a second display in the
classroom. This can be another projector or a large-screen LCD unit. The
educator could design and build space for offering better diverse connections
for them to the projector/audio systems. Through use of including connection
ports in two locations in the room (for flexibility of space) and also by
providing universal connections to support different new digital or IT
products, there is greater capability of educational learning.

With small direct or indirect LED fixtures
having dimming capabilities there is better light quality from conserved
energy. By simple digital controls, educators can set light conditions on the
fly to match the needs of the learning activity. Integrating or uniting all elements for single IP
based system is reducing clutter, enabling flexibility and universal content. Smart education is really
getting to places in the millennium and reducing costs with enhanced
efficiency!

Saturday, 5 March 2016

Many friends and schoolmates who
used to be there for us are difficult to forget and there is eagerness to know
them again. A smart city concept applied to education takes care of meeting tutors, learning, education as also meeting
old school or college friends. Online
learning from smart city enabling of smart education is becoming more modern with quality
improvements.

Modern graduateeducation in city and town colleges is unlike that of past where the
individual used to go to rural or urban educational institutes for higher education. He or she can
avail benefits of using online methods of learning and gearing for challenge of
competitive exams. In the most recent of such applied concepts, smart city is
being envisaged by government of India for almost 100 cities, with 20 cities
already scaled by ajeevi.com, the organization for Smart City project
development in India.

Usually, the cities with best smart education like Lucknow,
Mumbai, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Raipur and Guwahati are
spearheading the concept ahead of other metro cities in the list. With
population of 600 mn people, and under age of 25 years with 1.4 mn schools the inclusion of
these cities in the list is clearly extraordinary. The worth of smart education to the sector
already valued at $ 92.98 bn is more than $ 40 bn by 2017. This concept is set
to change the way one takes to education. Graduate
and school studies
would happen online, migration to e-learning and delivery through computers and
mobile devices is already starting. Making real time information and providing the
numerous methods of delivery of smart education this is likely to enhance the
development of this new market in a few years. The smart education concept belies
the traditional form in so much so that one can only prove to be half modern
without it. In terms of like-ability and accessibility there are many issues
which would be taken care of as the project develops far into the countryside.
In the time elapsed there is need to gather public opinion as many people do
not yet know what smart city or smart education is and what it is hoped to achieve. In
the blog and links, we showcase the development of smart education in the recent past and the
ability of smart project to likely provide modern education system a new identity in graduateschools and colleges.Visit http://ajeevi.com for details